Chinese words starting with “dui”
23 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable dui. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 11 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final ui · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 3
- 4th tone 20
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 对于duì yúHSK 4
regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 对方duì fāngHSK 3
the other person; the other side; the other party
- 队伍duì wǔHSK 6
ranks; troops; queue; line; procession
- 对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
- 对手duì shǒuHSK 3
opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- 队员duì yuánHSK 3
team member
- 对象duì xiàngHSK 3
target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
- 对待duì dàiHSK 3
to treat; treatment
- 队长duì zhǎngHSK 2
captain; team leader
- 对话duì huàHSK 2
to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- 对面duì miànHSK 2
(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
All 23 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 对 | duì | p,v,q,a | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair | |
| 2 | 队 | duì | n,q | squadron; team; group | |
| 3 | 堆 | duī | q,v,k,n | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 4 | 对付 | duì fu | v | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 5 | 对抗 | duì kàng | v,vn | to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation | |
| 6 | 对比 | duì bǐ | vn,v | to contrast; contrast; ratio | |
| 7 | 对外 | duì wài | v,vn | external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) | |
| 8 | 兑现 | duì xiàn | v,vn | (of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment | |
| 9 | 对准 | duì zhǔn | v | to aim at; to target; to point at; to be directed at; registration; alignment (mechanical engineering) | |
| 10 | 对应 | duì yìng | v,vn | to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to | |
| 11 | 对策 | duì cè | n | countermeasure for dealing with a situation | |
| 12 | 对照 | duì zhào | v,vn | to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check | |
| 13 | 兑换 | duì huàn | v,vn | to convert; to exchange | |
| 14 | 对立 | duì lì | v,vn | to oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical | |
| 15 | 对称 | duì chèn | a,ad | symmetry; symmetrical | |
| 16 | 对峙 | duì zhì | v,vn | to stand opposite; to confront; confrontation | |
| 17 | 堆积 | duī jī | v,vn | to pile up; to heap; accumulation | |
| 18 | 对得起 | duì de qǐ | v | not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of | |
| 19 | 对白 | duì bái | n | dialogue (in a movie or a play) | |
| 20 | 队形 | duì xíng | n | formation | |
| 21 | 堆砌 | duī qì | v | lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric | |
| 22 | 对弈 | duì yì | v,vn | to play go, chess etc | |
| 23 | 对联 | duì lián | n | rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway |
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